In my view, the ethanol subsidy is now redundant with the mandates in place.
Not surprisingly, as 2010 rolled around, the health insurance lobby asked Congress to extend the subsidy.
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Rarely noted is how much this profit is a function of government subsidy and coercion.
Instead, government would give seniors a subsidy they could use to buy private insurance.
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The data hub will be used as the verification system for ObamaCare's complex subsidy formula.
The previous subsidy extended from 2010 to 2012, and ended on Dec. 31, 2012, Reuters reported.
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This subsidy has been on the books for decades, but as only a temporary measure.
If the incentives are different, who receives the direct subsidy can make a big difference.
"Heyri received no government subsidy at all, " says Lee Sang, the Art Valley's secretary general.
And I have confirmed my former employer will not offer COBRA if the subsidy is discontinued.
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NGO's subsidy programme in Bangladesh, demonstrated that more studying does not always mean less working.
Another high-profile captive is an extra-generous tax subsidy for employees who commute by mass transit.
The subsidy would help an estimated seven million Americans, according to a congressional estimate.
The credit was originally proposed as a worker subsidy based on individual earnings.
Government officials initially estimated that some seven million people would be helped by the subsidy.
There was then a federal subsidy program for small refiners, guaranteeing them crude at reasonable prices.
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The bigger threat might be a return to the subsidy culture of the 1970s.
Last month, the State Council announced the long-awaited subsidy program for purchases of home appliances.
Also, the tax-deductible nature of company health insurance is a subsidy like any other.
That points to the second area where government action is justified in energy policy: subsidy reform.
Markets are just like individuals in that they do react to subsidy and government largess.
So why were ethanol interests arguing in this case to keep this particular oil industry subsidy?
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First, the topic was the elimination of a subsidy, not the addition of a tax.
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Any such government guarantees should be transparent and explicitly priced so as to avoid further subsidy.
Why should the taxpayer continue to give you subsidy if you are breaking laws?
By contrast, Centrica is keen to invest in nuclear plants right away, without any subsidy.
It should always be designed as a bridge to scale, not a permanent subsidy.
The dropping of both the ethanol subsidy and the import tariff on ethanol.
In New York, there is no subsidy or safety net for writers, young or old.
The government's new stimulus package reintroduces a subsidy for green technologies to encourage such a shift.
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